Meet the Team
Arthur Redditt
Director
After graduating with an honours degree in Engineering from Canterbury University, Arthur moved to Australia to work initially at the Ford Motor Company and latterly at Toyota Australia, where he was responsible for new model planning and test and development programmes.
On his return to New Zealand, Arthur ran one of New Zealand's major tour companies, prior to taking up the role of group IT manager with the parent company, Tourism Holdings. The position involved preparing IT strategies for the group businesses - including internet solutions - and, as such, he has an expert understanding of the use of technology in the tourism industry.
Arthur now focuses on providing sales and product support to digitise clients and managing this growing business.
Brendan Sullivan
General Manager
Brendan has a strong sales, marketing and business background, having worked for national and international companies across various industries including building, packaging, media and print. Brendan is passionate about positioning Digitise as a first choice supplier for those that want on line business solutions that deliver true commercial value.
“The evolution of on line space is moving at ever increasing speed and technological developments are allowing us to create solutions that were not available as recent as five years ago – this in itself is incredibly exciting and we are pleased to be recognised as the leaders in this charge. We are participating in the social media revolution as this has changed the way we communicate and Facebook™ for example has proven this movement has real power – the numbers simply can not be ignored”
Brendan is ably supported by his management team, including Michelle Holland, Studio Manager, Andrew Drake, Development Manager and Sharon Dwyer, Administration Manager
Michelle Holland
Studio Manager
Michelle has been working in the web industry since 2004, having held account and post-production management roles prior to joining Digitise in 2007.
Michelle’s mission, is to ensure the smooth running of the studio and the successful delivery of each digitise project.
Sharon Dwyer
Administration Manager
Meet Digitise's admin angel! With her bubbly personality Sharon’s been ‘heaven sent’ to handle our accounts and administration duties. Sharon now takes care of all of the digitise accounts as well as providing admin support to the sales and production teams.
Not only is she a ray of sunshine around the office, but she’s a highly efficient admin professional who’s super organised and very good at what she does. As an added bonus Sharon has previous website administration experience, so she knows the web lingo!
Outside of work, Sharon is kept busy with her three teens, likes to potter in her garden and takes long walks around Sumner.
Sonia Chen
Web Designer and Developer
Sonia loves the challenges of combining design with technology and getting to ‘make things’.
When she’s not developing flash applications or re-designing websites, she likes to potter in her garden, getting a lot of personal satisfaction out of cooking with her own veggies. She also finds time to write to ‘her kids’ Musa and Koga who she sponsors through World Vision. She keeps fit by cycling everywhere and is rarely separated from her beloved bicycle. She’s particularly proud of cycling all the way up the Port Hills and over to Sumner Beach.
Sonia, with dance partner Paul is the 2008 South Island Salsa Champ in the "Dancing under 1 year category". We think she's a champ both on and off the dance floor!
Sam Kilpatrick
Web Designer
After receiving a Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication, Sam was head-hunted by an internationally recognised foreign currency services provider and began his design career as an in-house graphic designer. Two years later he went on a working O.E. and was employed by a high profile advertising company in Australia before returning to New Zealand to work as a Brand Manager for a small Christchurch based design agency. Recently Sam made the "challenging yet rewarding" move from print to web design with his new role as a web designer here at Digitise.Outside of his work Sam loves the outdoors, often spending his time off hunting, fishing and shooting, or scouting the aisles of Bunnings for his many DIY projects.
Jacek Pakulski
Web Developer
Jacek is a Polish Canadian Kiwi, husband of the year and a dad in training.
He loves the girl, the baby, cycling, running, nature photography and programming mostly in that order. He’s also been trying to play the guitar (for the past 20 years).
Jacek has extensive overseas and NZ experience ranging from programming micro-chips for telecommunication equipment to large-scale e-commerce web solutions. He is passionate about good user interface design and is a vital part of the Digitise development team.
Mark Haylock
Web Developer
Mark completed his BSc in Computer Science in 2005 while working part time as a Web Developer for the financial services industry. In 2007 he moved on to working for a large Australasian e-commerce site. There he used his unique combination of software engineering and an eye for design to improve the customer experience and increase sales. In 2010 he joined Digitise seeking new and fresh challenges.
His passion for Computing, Engineering and Design has been with him since a young age and drives his enthusiasm for the work he does. Outside of work he is lucky to be married to Megan and together they share a passion for art & nature, keeping exotic parrots as pets. Both Mark & Megan are blessed by great family, friends and fellowship at their local church. They have both been involved with fundraising efforts for the local primary school's pool restoration fund and other community efforts.
Andrew Drake
Development Manager
Andrew began working as a web programming contractor while completing his BSc in Computer Science at Auckland University. In 2002 he moved to London for what ended up being a 6 year OE working at the BEAM.TV – a web-based company specialising in global media distribution for the advertising company.
While at Beam, Andrew worked with brands such as Unilever, Nike, Universal Music and Nokia. He was involved with projects implementing a wide range of technologies including IPTV, mobile internet and multi-screen digital signage solutions.
In 2007 Andrew married Lydia, a kiwi girl who he had met in London. They moved back to NZ in 2008, settling in Christchurch. Andrew spent a few months contracting for UK and NZ contracts before being picked up by Digitise in 2009. In his spare time, Andrew enjoys photography, doing volunteer work at a local church and helping Lydia raise their newly arrived daughter.
